Posted on 02/06/2010 12:28:34 PM PST by SeekAndFind
That's so gay.
PS - By the way, there is another theory that the word “retard’ is said by the airplane to pilots as an insult by a French airplane to Americans who fly it, but it’s conceivable our imaginations may be a tad too active. C’est la vie!
I remember in 6th grade one time a kid showed up late for class and the teacher asked him why he was “deterred”. The classroom went nuts,
When the timing on my Oldsmobile was retarded, it over heated. That stopped after I got the timing advanced.
What is wrong is that it is offensive to retards when liberals who are lower on the intelligence scale are associated with them.
Not to twist the topic, but I've used salt to kill the weeds on a brick walkway.
The container got wet and rather than trash it, I spread it on the walkway.
It retarded the heck out of those weeds.
Exactly. The fact is, the term wasn’t used by Emmanuel to describe someone in a clinical diagnosis. It was used as an insult. If the average person on the street uses insensitive language, we might ignore it. But, someone in power, like Emmanuel, needs to be criticized on it.
And, even if people here think it’s all PC nonsense, any Republican who doesn’t criticize Emmanuel is being foolish, because we can be damn sure the Dems would be throwing criticism at a Republican for doing the same thing.
As an A-320 settles over a runway on landing the computer calls out,”Retard. Retard,” to let the pilot know to flair the aircraft so that the main gear touches down first.
It’s all those damned Frenchies fault.
same here
He used the word retarded as a pejorative, and was rightly called on it.
I insult people every day of my life. I especially love insulting brain dead socialists, liberals, Marxists and other assorted and sundry idiots.
To any Progressive, “retard” is probably used to described conservatives, much like teabaggers. I’m sure the terms are used routinely in their profane rants to each other about you-know-who. GWB was “stupid”, a “nazi”, etc. They are just ratcheting up the crude dialogue. I expect nothing less.
Well said. Once a word becomes a schoolyard insult, people are going to find it objectionable. That's not political correctness, just good manners.
I like you Sarah, but I think it was kinda retarded for you to get upset about someone using the “r-word”. I don’t think Rahm meant to use it in an insulting manner.
Speak about twisted values: why the anger over the “r-word”, yet not a peep over the “f-word”? Not that either one bothers me, but I’m just asking.
I think its retarded that Sarah Palin thinks she is the word police.
I disagree. The use of the term, retarded, was juvenile and crass. We expect more of the highest leaders in the country.
Wouldn’t it be great to hit the “Reset” button on this whole language thing? Start over fresh, and remind everyone that words are just combinations of letters - and are incapable of conveying personal insults or emotions. Don’t like it? Just mentally substitute a synonym and move on. You’re not owed an apology and you don’t have a right to be offended because someone uses a different sequence of letters than you might have. Reductio ad absurdum.
I agree to a certain extent, we’ve gotten all so touchy about everything and PC has gone way to far. My view on this is: I have a learning disabled adult daughter. I know the community well. Many, MANY, of the learning disabled, know and understand what’s wrong with them and they hate it. When they hear retarded, it hurts, deeply. It’s not about us, about the so called normal people, it’s about them. The fragile, the sweet, the ones who don’t have a real understanding, they just know what they are, but, they want to be like everyone else.
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